In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fyfield like this:
FYFIELD, a parish in Marlborough district, Wilts; 2¾ miles WS W of Marlborough r. station, and 11 S by W of Swindon. Post town, Marlborough. Acres, with West Overton township, Lockeridge tything, and Overton Heath and Clatford Park extra-parochial tracts, 5, 400. Real property, with West Overton, East Overton, and Lockeridge, £6, 156. Pop. of F. alone, 200. Houses, 30. Fyfield House is the seat of the Penrud-docks. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Overton, in the diocese of Salisbury.
Fyfield through time
Fyfield is now part of Kennet district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kennet has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fyfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fyfield, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11770
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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